No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is the night sky scattered thick with stars.

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No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

The world is in need of less religion and more common sense

The world is in need of less religion and more common sense

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and...

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

Common sense is just as good a critic of the lottery as any statistical breakdown

Common sense is just as good a critic of the lottery as any statistical breakdown

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of...

If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of...

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...